"[Dumb & Dumber] has run a bunch of times on TV in the states, and kids will come up and they'll be able to quote lines from that – lines that I've long forgotten. If we could get those two guys back together, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels that might be a worthwhile sequel – and that ball is in motion. We're starting to think about what those two dimwits would be doing twenty-years later in life, and hopefully we'll be able to come up with something worthy of a sequel."

The Oscars are over for another year... I thought the telecast was pretty good Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway didn't do too badly--all things considered Franco did seem a bit more uneasy than did Hathaway And the banter seemed a bit forced at times. I thought Anne's song about Hugh Jackass was amusing.

I thought the film spoofs worked pretty well...Franco in ballet mode...

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The Farrelly brothers' R-rated comedy Hall Pass opened to No. 2 in its debut, beat out by holdover Gnomeo & Juliet, which won the domestic box office race for the first time since since debuting three weeks ago.

Weekend results were another sobering reminder of the continued downturn in theater traffic. Revenues year-to-date are down at least 20% from last year.

Hall Pass, from New Line, grossed a soft $13.4 million from 2,950 theaters. The picture had been expected to open at least several million dollars higher.

The other new wide release, Nicolas Cage starrer Drive Angry 3D, was dead on arrival, grossing an estimated $5.1 million to come in No. 9. Summit Entertainment is distributing the film for Nu Image/Millennium Films.

Disney's Gnomeo grossed an estimated $14.2 million from 3,037 theaters for a cume of $75.1 million in its third weekend. The film, made by the now-shuttered Miramax and released under the Touchstone banner, fell only 26% from last weekend.

Like Gnomeo, Paramount's updated version of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Version 2.0 also was a bright spot at the weekend box office. Jon M. Chu's director's fan cut -- which included 40 minutes of new footage -- succeeded in sparking repeat business.

Never Say Never fell only 29% to an estimated $9.2 million for a cume of $62.8 million in its third weekend. The film, placing No. 6, should eclipse the $65.3 million cume for Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour this week.

The Weinstein Co.'s Oscar frontrunner The King's Speech prospered on the eve of Sunday's Academy Award ceremony. The film was up 17% from last weekend for a new domestic cume of $111.2 million. King's Speech placed No. 8.

Coming in No. 3 in its second weekend was Liam Neeson action-thriller Unknown. The Warner Bros./Dark Castle release fell 43% to an estimated $12.4 million for a cume of $42.8 million in its first 10 days.

Sony's Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy Just Go With It continued to hold well in its third frame, grossing an estimated $11.1 million for a cume of $79.4 million, and coming in No. 4.

Just Go With It was in a close race with DreamWorks Studios and Touchstone's teen sci-fi thriller I Am Number Four, which fell 43% in its second weekend to an estimated $11 million for a cume of $37.7 million.

New Regency and 20th Century Fox's Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son saw a bigger dip in its second weekend, falling 54% to an estimated $7.6 million for a cume of $28.6 million....

In terms of correcting Louis Leterrier's errors from the first film (ouch!), Liebesman says "The story just didn’t work in the first movie. It’s a rich source material, Greek mythology obviously and you had such an amazing cast who are coming back and it just felt like a missed opportunity all around. I think what we’re doing with this one is that we’ve had fantastic writers who are just focused on the heroes journey, a much more sort of a return to just the simple joys of stuff, of why stories work. Then stylistically just ground it. Make it feel more real. Redesign the costumes so that they’re more recognizable to what you’d expect from the time and juxtapose that reality with the fantasy of Greek mythology within this reality, within real camera work and stuff. I think that’s a sort of fresh take on that genre, on the fantasy genre that we haven’t yet seen. That’s how we’re approaching it."

Liebsman adds that while they don't have the burden of the original 1981 Clash of the Titans film hanging over them this time, they do have "the burden to get people back who were burned by the [2010 film]... You’ve got some of the best f**king actors working today in Ralph [Fiennes] and Liam [Neeson] and in Sam Worthington. How do you use them this time, use their ability as opposed to…and again, I don’t know what happened on the first movie. It’s just an obvious missed opportunity."

What about using 3-D?

Liebesman says that he's shooting on film and will convert it into the format in post, but it won't be the rush job of the first film - "The first movie was never conceived, never shot, never edited for 3-D and had six weeks where all of a sudden it was like, ‘Oh, lets just do this thing in 3-D.’ That’s obviously the worst case scenario. This movie has been conceived, everything has been designed from the sets to the storyboards, it will be edited, everything has been done with 3-D in mind. The big decision for me was, ‘Should I do digital which will enable me to go native 3-D or do I shoot film where I’ll have to convert?’ And I did a lot of tests with amazing cameras which guys are using and it just feels like for the look that I’m going for which is a gritty realism I do need to shoot on film. But because of the way that the conversion technology is today it will still look great and because the movie has been conceived in 3-D. Also, we’re doing things, like we’re shooting 1.85 which I think is a better aspect ratio for 3-D. That’s what ‘Avatar was shot on. So even though you think a Greek epic needs to be in widescreen I think that 185 gives you more vertical and allows you to cut less and we’ll just choreograph shots more. So everything has been thought of in that way for the movie to, obviously, counteract the fact that the first one was so b**ch slapped."

The film sees a grown man (Mark Wahlberg) dealing with his cherished teddy bear that came to life as the result of a childhood wish.

Mila Kunis will play Wahlberg’s girlfriend, who wants their relationship to move to the next level and has had enough of the bear.

McHale will play Rex, Kunis' womanizing boss who constantly hits on her. Adam Scott was previously linked to the role. Giovanni Ribisi was cast earlier this week as an obsessed fan of Ted (voiced by Macfarlane)

Sporting a tuxedo and surrounded by shirtless portraits of himself, Franco pokes fun at his hosting gig as well as his jack-of-all trades reputation during a phone call with hit man Jason Morgan (Steve Burton)

"You know, I've been doing some more art," he says. "Self-portraits. I know, I know, multi-tasker. How about you? You kill anyone lately? Well, I miss that, I really do. Look, I could chat all night but I have to run. I have a big event to attend. Very, very big deal."

The actor reportedly filmed the cameo while rehearsing for the Oscars in Los Angeles. His character will return to General Hospital for a longer story arc on Monday's episode

While my old computer was in meltdown mode for almost 2 weeks I had some free time to actually see some films at the theater and at home--Here now are some quick thoughts on each of them. But I begin with a flick I saw in January...

The Green Hornet--I did not like the film as much as Jay did...I had a hard time buying into Seth Rogen as a playboy. The Cameron Diaz role is painfully underwritten. It's almost like she's not on screen even when she is. She deserves better Christoph Waltz as villain Chudnofsky has plenty of scene chewing to do The action can be fun to watch at times and although the 3-D pops a bit better here than it did in TRON: Legacy It was not enough--meh...

127 Hours--James Franco did an excellent job as real-life climber Aron Ralston Franco is on screen for just about the entire film most of the time acting alone Not an easy thing to do folks--In a confined space no less. I loved the fact that director Danny Boyle didn't spend a lot of time telling me about Aron's life before his ordeal but rather let that aspect play out in snippets of memories during the time he was trapped. Bravo. The amputation sequence was not as difficult to watch as the media led me to believe Go see the film

Kaboom is a movie with science fiction elements constructed upon the sexual awakening of a group of college students Smith (Thomas Dekker) is an 18-year-old film student who identifies sexually as "undeclared" with a strong sexual appetite. His best friend Stella (Haley Bennett), a lesbian, is every bit as eager to have new partners. Smith begins having recurring dreams featuring two beautiful women, one dark and one with red hair. The women from his dreams begin appearing in his waking life, leading Smith to wonder whether he has discovered a potentially world altering conspiracy.Written and directed by Gregg Araki Kaboom is not as ambitious in its use of sex as say The Dreamers or Lie with Me So--Ultimately you are left to ask if what the main characters experience in the pic was real or not a drug induced trip.

Paranormal Activity 2-The film is both prequel and sequel to Paranormal Activity and manages to do something I was not expecting--be more intense than the first--with a climax that I did not see coming at all.

My Soul to Take-Wes Craven borrows story elements from his earlier work--A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream-- to tell this tale of a serial killer who returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest. Craven tries to shake it up by having a male as his protagonist and Max Thieriot, John Magaro and Denzel Whitaker try their best. But in the end the film is very disjointed and not all that scary or suspenseful...Hope Scream 4 turns out better than this one did.

Unstoppable-Tony Scott's got all his action bases covered here of course. Denzel Washington stars as Frank,a seasoned pro in the train business who’s been recently partnered with Will (Chris Pine), a rookie with the right last name to help his career take off. Predictably the 2 men don't care much for each other. As an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train heads towards a heavily populated city, the pair soon find themselves in a race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe. Washington and Pine are great together--elevating the material. Rosario Dawson was also very very good as Connie the railway supervisor--Sure Scott can do this kind of pic all day long blindfolded--it's still pretty entertaining and engaging.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps-Solid sequel from Oliver StoneMichael Douglas as Gordon Gekko is tops and up to his old tricks Still the original Wall Street is better Shia Labeouf and Carey Mulligan have good chemistry Following a lengthy prison term, Gecko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter Winnie (Mulligan), Gekko forges an alliance with her fiance Jake (Labeouf). But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to acheive his goals…A bit surprised that the ending turned out so happy here

Takers--Directed by John Luessenhop (Lockdown), this pic went virtually unoticed when it was releaed last Summer. It stars Matt DillonPaul WalkerIdris ElbaJay HernandezMichael Ealy Tip T.I.. Harris, Chris Brown, and Hayden Christensen. A group of high-living young criminals bankroll their extravagant lifestyle with a series of painstakingly planned bank robberies while a dedicated police officer makes it his personal mission to stop them. The film is better than you might think--the action is cool and the performances by Elba, Walker, Dillion, Ealy, and Hernandez are solid This one gets high marks. Check it out,

The story has The Wizard as a “snake-oil salesman” who enters the Technicolor world of Oz after escaping the vengeful husband of his latest sexual conquest. Once in Oz, he lies to the natives, claiming to be a wizard. This deceitful Casanova soon falls for Glinda the Good Witch, and spurns Theodora prompting her to becomes a bad witch and team up with the downright evil Evanora to destroy Oz.

Scott also talked about how he's gone to great lengths to keep the script of his new movie secret--and revealed that the actors, who've all signed secrecy clauses, were only allowed to read the script at Ridley's production office.

Asked about the plot, Scott says "It’s the story of creation, the gods and the man who stood against them. It’s not a small film."

Scott also re-iterated that it's not an "Alien" prequel, despite a recent report via Bleeding Cool which claimed film's setting "is, in part, a planet that has been terraformed to create the perfect environment in which a particular bioweapon would prosper."

Jon Spaihts. wrote the original script which was generally thought to serve as a prequel to Scott's 1979 classic and would explore the alien “Space Jockey” seen during one scene in the original. flick Now, Scott and Lost's Damon Lindelof worked together on the current script which has taken the story into a whole new direction.

The same report indicates that the creatures will be in the film, but not in the same form that we know.

As the previous films in the franchise have indicated, the xenomorphs take physical traits from their hosts - that's why the ones in the first two films they're bipedal in nature while the creature from the third film was more like its canine host. As the creature here has no human DNA, it won't be recognisable.

-Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, and Rebecca Hall are all under consideration for the lead roles in "The Trade", the true story of two former Yankee pitchers in 1972 who swapped partners and families reports The New York Post

-Charles McDougall is in talks to direct the Steve Carell-led magician comedy "Burt Wonderstone" for New Line says The Hollywood Reporter

-Kat Dennings will star in the upcoming drama "Renee" which has just begun production in Florida reports The Orlando Sentinel.

-Acclaimed stop-motion filmmaker Henry Selick ("Coraline," "The Nightmare Before Christmas") and Disney Pictures are teaming for a new horror feature aimed at children reports Bleeding Cool.

Superman The Movie Credits

-A list (with videos) of the fifty greatest opening title sequences of all time is up at IFC.com.

-24" producer Howard Gordon told TV Squad "The '24' movie is on hold for now, although conversations are ongoing"

-Simon Pegg tweeted about the "Star Trek" sequel, saying "Word on the bridge is the new script is AMAZEBALLS and I cannot wait!!!!"

-Nicolas Cage says that the upcoming "Ghost Rider" sequel will include an entirely new origin sequence.

-King's Speech director Tom Hooper has revealed to the LAT that he was offered to direct "Iron Man 3". When he turned it down, Shane Black is gonns helm Iron Man 3 instead. Hooper is instead focused on a new adaptation of "Les Miserables".

-Stephen Root has signed on to play Arthur Koehler, a wood specialist who was instrumental in the case of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" says Variety

-Actress Kristin Davis told E she's against the idea of a prequel to “Sex and the City”

-With her most recent film "In A Better World" is expected to walk away with the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Susanne Bier has already moved onto her next project says Deadline.Bier’s longtime writing collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen (“Brothers,” “After the Wedding”) is said to be almost done with the script for "Rapt", a remake of the Cesar-nominated French true story thriller.

-The Animation Picture Company will make the 3-D animated feature "Zombie Pet Shop" reports Variety.The story concerns a mysterious plague that sweeps through a mall pet shop, turning all of the animals into zombies. An ordinary pug must find the antidote that will save his four-legged friends, as well as the humans that might take them home.

-Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz is set to direct a remake of Lars von Trier’s Norwegian comedy "The Boss of it All" ("Direktoren For Det Hele") says The Wrap. The story centers on an IT company that hires an actor to serve as the company’s president in order to help sell the business. Turns out the current boss pretended there was another boss above him so it would be easier to break bad news to employees

-Norwegian actress Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has joined the cast of "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" says Bloody Disgusting.The story picks up the fairy-tale siblings 15 years after their traumatic gingerbread house incident, which has provoked them to become witch bounty hunters. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton play the pair.Berdal will portray one of the witches, and is described as a “superbad killing machine". Famke Jansenn also stars in the 3D feature.Tommy Wirkola ("Dead Snow") directs from a script he co-wrote with D.W. Harper. Shooting kicks off in a few weeks in Berlin.

-Robert Downey Jr is in talks to star in one of Paul Thomas Anderson's potential next projects "Inherent Vice" says Risky Biz Blog.

-Malcolm D. Lee, Spike Lee's cousin and the director of 1999's The Best Man, has some criticism for Tyler Perry. Lee said, "He’s not interested in art, he’s interested in turning out a product" via BET What???!!

-Gabriele Muccino ("Seven Pounds," "The Pursuit of Happyness") is said to be in the running to helm "Adaline" states Variety. The story follows a young woman killed and then revived in a freak accident that physiologically locks her into her late 20's. After decades of living a solitary existence, she finally meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality over so they can grow old together. Mills Goodloe and Sal Paskowitz penned the screenplay.

-Christopher McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects," "Valkyrie") has reportedly signed on to provide the screenplay for a new feature film adaptation of "Star Blazers" reports Deadline.But AICN says they've heard the rights are still up for grabs with several companies negotiating for them.

-John August ("Big Fish," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") is the latest scribe to have a go at the screenplay for "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" reports Tracking Board. Mac Carter and Jeff Blitz penned the graphic novel which transforms the young writer's darkest nightmares into reality when he comes across a book that puts a curse on him and lets the evils he conjures up loose on the world. The story also borrows elements from the legendary horror author's life, such as his family's struggle with mental illness and his own bouts with writer's block.

-Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to John Scalzi's Hugo award-winning novel "Old Man's War" reports Variety.The first book in a series, the story follows a 75-year-old man who joins an off-world military coalition to protect human colonies after his wife dies. He is given a genetically enhanced body, allowing him to have the experience of age but the strength of a younger man.Wolfgang Petersen ("Air Force One," "Poseidon") is set to direct while David Self will adapt the script. Petersen and Scott Stuber will produce

There were two subliminally sexual animated film moments on the list: Jessica Rabbit's dress flapping up in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" at No. 5, and the shot where the letters 'S.E.X.' appear in the sky in a scene from The Lion King".

This re-telling of the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale follows a farm boy (Nicholas Hoult) who unwittingly breaks a long-standing peace between the humans and giants when he goes after a princess who the giants kidnapped.

McGregor is poised to play the leader of the king’s elite guard, who helps fight giants.

Gilroy has previously stated this is NOT a "reboot or a recast or a prequel", instead "there will be a whole new hero, a whole new chapter...this is a stand-alone project. Jason Bourne will not be in this film, but he's very much alive…We're going to show you the bigger picture, the bigger canvas. When you see what we're going and see what we're doing it'll be pretty obvious....but Jason Bourne's actvities in the first three films is the immediate trigger."

Gilroy wants to screen test all of the actors which, combined with availability, willl pare down that list.

My top 3 picks from the list are Jake Hedlund, or Taylor---Fassbender could also but he would be an even better antagonist for Bourne

The Farrelly brothers’ R-rated comedy Hall Pass is on track to win the weekend box office race, while Paramount’s Insurge Pictures releases an updated version of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never in a maverick move designed to encourage repeat viewing.

'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' Might Get Director's-Cut Release While Still in TheatersJustin Bieber: Never Say Never Director’s Fan Cut, boasting 40 minutes of new footage, will only play in 3D theaters. Movie’s cume is a healthy $52.9 million as it heads into its third weekend. The original version will continue to play in regular theaters.

Tracking shows Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis, opening in the mid- to high-teens, a solid start for the siblings. Warner Bros. debuts the New Line film in 2,950 theaters

Summit Entertainment is releasing Drive Angry in the U.S. for Avi Lerner’s Nu Image/Millennium Films. Film goes out in 2,061 locations in the U.S., of which 2012 are 3D runs.

Both Hall Pass and Drive Angry should draw a heavily male audience, although Hall Pass is showing some traction among younger females.

Hall Pass — also starring Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate and Richard Jenkins — is the Farrellys’ first movie since The Heartbreak Kid in 2007 and tells the story of two men whose wives give them permission to go on vacation from their marriage for one week.

Also starring Amber Heard, Drive Angry stars Cage as a man who breaks out of hell to prevent the cult that murdered his daughter from sacrificing his infant granddaughter.

Drive Angry could end up in a battle for No. 2 with holdovers Unknown, Gnomeo & Juliet and possibly I Am Number Four.

Summit is projecting an opening grossing in the high single digits, or low teens, for Drive Angry.

With the Academy Awards on Sunday, Oscar contenders could see healthy business on Friday and Saturday as moviegoers rush to see films they’ve missed. (The Oscar ceremony itself could take a bite out of the box office Sunday evening.)

A healthy number of award movies have prospered at this year, both domestically and overseas.

The King’s Speech has grossed $236.2 million worldwide, followed by The Social Network at $222.8 million. Black Swan has earned $203.7 million, while True Grit should jump the $200 million mark this weekend (True Grit’s global cume through Wednesday was $198.3 million)...